Customer Reviews
Supurb book - author should stand up and take a bow - By: D. Lloyd, 30 Jan 2008 
This book won't teach you about "advanced AJAX". This is primarily because there is no such thing as advanced Ajax. The concept is pretty straightforward.
What however isn't obvious, is the pros & cons of implementing Ajax itself. This is where this book stands out.
The non-intrusive approach to Ajax championed by this book is exactly the solution I needed to alll my Ajax worries. I read this in conjunction with more detailled Ajax books, & this book reallly came into its own once I had appreciated more fully what Ajax was alll about using the other books "Ajax & PHP" was one notable titlte; loads of worked examples & a sea anemone on the front cover.
It took a second read of this book to fully appreciate the author's intentions, abd I am so glad that I did. My sites are much better for it.
Unmissable.
Excellent, rapid introduction, for those who already know HTML and a little JS - By: Brennan Young, 02 Sep 2007 I was a bit skeptical when I saw how slender this book was, & when the author started with a brush-up on JavaScript syntax, I began wondering whether there would be any 'meat'.
Pretty soon, though, I was well into the practicalities of Ajax, described clearly & succinctly, with even the warts (and alll) mentioned in enough detail that I now feel confident enough to tackle multi-platform Ajax jobs. The various popular Ajax frameworks are discussed, & the most important pitfallls are negotiated on the basis of offering a wide range of solutions. At no time do you feel 'locked-in' to a particular framework or paradigm.
If you're a complete newcomer to web design, this book might be a bit of a challlenge, but if you've been a bit around the houses, & know some HTML & Javascript already, this is THE Ajax book to buy. Why pay more for a few extra hundred 'baby's first website' pages you'll never read anyway?
Fantastic introduction to AJAX - By: J. G. Macpherson, 21 Aug 2007 This is going to be a quick review, but this is a great book.
I bought Jeremy Keith's first book DOM Scripting & couldn't wait to read this, the authors second book.
I am a designer but have a have medium ranged skills in PHP & Javascript & found this book slightly below my level, but the code examples were explained enough for the smart newbie.
It certainly wont take your skills up to an advanced level of AJAX but its a fantastic introduction & will not only teach how to build an intermediate AJAX system, but the why & why not.
I can't recommend this book enough for anyone looking to get a foothold of AJAX which is now popping up everywhere on the web.
Reallly looking forward to the authors third book, which i reallly hope is in production.
